Green Initiatives Make Hawaiʻi a Perfect Host

Enterprise Honolulu hosted the World Congress on Zero Emissions conference at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center and featured the Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club to close the event.  How fitting that a week of activities aimed at preserving our natural resources and creating a better environment wrapped up with some very creatively tied in choral music by the Glee Club.  A special Mahalo to our gracious hosts Pono Shim and Mark McGuffie of Enterprise Honolulu.

Native Peoples Converge

Native tribes from all over the country converged on Honolulu for their Healing Our World Spirit conference.  The Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club under the direction of Aaron Mahi, joined Nola Nāhulu and a host of choirs under her direction to celebrate the beauty of choral music at Kawaiahaʻo Church.

Liliʻuokalani Church putting the "Fun" in Fundraising

Aaron Mahi and KAGC singing at the Liliʻuokalani Church lūʻau
photo courtesy of Andy Nishida, URS Coproration

Joined by other Hawaiian artists including Amy Hanaialiʻi Gilliom, the Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club entertained hundreds of supporters at the annual Liliʻuokalani Church Lūʻau fundraiser.  Every year the Haleʻiwa community gets together to support their church.  Hawaiian music filled the air and ʻono food was had by all.

The Kamehameh Alumi Glee Club proudly supports Liliʻuokalani Church and the work it performs in North Shore communities.

Moanalua Resounds!!

The men of the Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club singing on the pā hula
photo courtesy of Moanalua Gardens

The Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club proudly opened the 33rd Annual Prince Lot Hula Festival welcoming the Royal Order of Kamehameha I, all the hālau and the many visitors in attendance.

Blessed by passing showers the Alumni Glee Club sang tradtional numbers tied to Kamehameha and presented an ʻoli, Aloha Moanalua in honor of Moanalua and the valley's stewards, the Damon family.  Fun was had by all with Kimo Kahoano as emcee and the many booths sharing Hawaiian resources, arts and crafts and delicious food.

E ola mau ka inoa ʻo Kāmona!

Aloha CJ

Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Chief Justice
William S. Richardson
1919 - 2010
-photo courtesy of the Honolulu Star Advertiser

The Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club joined hundreds of family and friends of the late William S. Richardson in a celebration of life  at St. Andrews Cathederal in Downtown Honolulu this Friday, July 9, 2010.  The mood was jovial and uplifting as friends and family shared their memories of the Chief Justice.  Offerings of chant, scripture and recollection brought the capacity crowd to moments of both solemnity and laughter. 

KAGC shared signature numbers from its repertoire including Hole Waimea and Puʻuwaʻawaʻa as well as the very powerful Canticle of Commemoration a song so fitting for the memory of CJ.

Turney Gillett Scholarships Awarded

Class of 2010 Turney Gillett recipients Zachary Lum and Kaʻai McAfee-Torco

Congratulations to academically and musically talented graduating seniors Zachary Lum and Kaʻai McAfee-Torco for being selected as our Turney Gillett Scholarship recipients for 2010, we hope this gift helps defray some of the cost as you go on to pursue school after Kamehameha.

Named for two of our most prominent directors, Harold B. Turney and Dorothy K. Gillett, the Turney Gillet Fund offers a scholarship to a graduating boy and girl who have excelled in the classroom and shown exemplary leadership skills and an innate love of music. The selection committee noted that [Zachary and Kaʻai] are "the strongest students yet to receive [the Turney-Gillett Award]," and for this the Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club is truly honored by you being chosen as recipients of our award.

Great job Zachary and Kaʻai!

**Zachary, I have been told that there is a seat all ready for you at our rehearsals on Tuesday nights at the Chapel.

Choral Showcase at City Hall

The Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club joined other choruses and choirs to share music with attendees at the 5th Annual Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival.  The two day event (Saturday 5/15 and Sunday 5/16) offered books and music from many local vendors as well as refreshments and goodies from Oʻahu restaurants.  Singing on Sunday in the Mission Memorial Auditorium on the grounds of Honolulu Hale, the Club shared signature numbers from the Kamehameha repertoire.

The festival benefitted Hawaiʻi Literacy and Read to Me International.